Neurobehavioral disorders among children born to mothers exposed to illicit substances during pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exposure to illicit substances during pregnancy may have long-term impacts on children's neurodevelopment. This study explores subsequent risks for intellectual disability, autistic disorders, and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders in children born to mothers exposed to illicit substances before or during pregnancy.

Methods

We identified women with illicit drug use by linking the police records from the "Substance Abuse Control Databases" and Taiwan Birth Registration and Birth Notification records from 2004 to 2014. Children whose mothers that had exposed to illicit substances during pregnancy identified from the police records were the "substance-exposed cohort." A 1:1 ratio exact-matched comparison cohort based on child's gender, child's birth year,

SUBMITTER: Chen VC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11656950 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature